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Red-tailed Cockatoo  Calyptorhynchus banksii,Red-tailed Black Cockatoo Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

Red-tailed Cockatoo

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  1. Australian wildlife is so amazing, I keep seeing species that I never saw before. Thanks for sharing your amazing set today, Graeme! Promoted to homepage. Posted 12 years ago
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The red-tailed black cockatoo is a large black cockatoo native to Australia. Adult males have a characteristic pair of bright red panels on the tail that gives the species its name. It is more common in the drier parts of the continent.

Similar species: Parrots
Species identified by Ferdy Christant
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By Graeme Ruck

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Uploaded Jul 5, 2013. Captured Dec 5, 2012 09:44.
  • Canon EOS 1000D
  • f/5.0
  • 1/197s
  • ISO640
  • 180mm